4.4% ▼ -14.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hallam · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Hallam
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Hallam compared to the national figure, with only 14.7% doing so. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though the area is well-served by public transport with 58 stops and 10 different routes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.2% owning two vehicles. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a lower figure than seen across Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Hallam splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 62.8% of residents. While 14.7% work from home, this is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
14.7% ▲ +618.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -57.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is very accessible here, with 5.11 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. This network is dominated by buses, which make up 93.7% of the available modes.
58
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.11
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,348.3
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,472
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
52,313
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes 29 minutes to drive to the city, which is lower than most similar areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 8 minutes, which is typical for this level.
8
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
29
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hallam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21125/hallam/topic/transport